Adventurers in Europe’s great age of exploration sometimes denied the humanity of newly discovered tribes on the grounds that their remote locations — inaccessible from the Middle East — meant they ...

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Pope Francis has denounced the "snake tactics" of those who spread fake news, saying the first case of misinformation is in the Bible when Eve is tempted by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit. The ...

Chinese Christians understand Jesus’ seemingly contradictory directive. The Bible seems to give snakes a bad rap from the outset. Scripture depicts the serpent as evil and deceptive, from tempting ...

It comes as no surprise that, having previously updated Darwin's writings, the geneticist Steve Jones has now turned his attention to the Bible. That it comes as no surprise is a reflection of the ...

The Bible shows little curiosity about subjects we normally place under the rubric of science, such as the origin, age, structure and diversity of the physical world. Aside from a stray verse in 1 ...

The speed of the digital world helps fuel the spread of "fake news", the Pope has said Pope Francis has denounced the "snake tactics" of those who spread fake news, saying the first case of ...